[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 26 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D158-D159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      The House passed H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and 
      Consumer Protection Act.
      House Committee ordered reported the Economic Growth and Tax 
      Relief Act of 2001.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1723-1791
Measures Introduced: Thirty-two bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 420-451, S.J. Res. 6, and S. Res. 40-41. 
                                                         Pages S1746-47
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 40, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  S. 420, to amend title II, United States Code.
Page S1746
Measures Passed:
  Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents Appointment: Senate passed 
H.J. Res. 19, providing for the appointment of Walter E. Massey as a 
citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
                                                             Page S1791
  Honoring National Institute of Standards and Technology: Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 27, honoring the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology and its employees for 100 years of service to the 
Nation.
  Page S1791
Bankruptcy Reform--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of S. 420, to amend title 11, United States 
Code, at 2 p.m., on Monday, March 5, 2001. Further, that all sponsors 
of S. 220 be considered as cosponsors on S. 420.
  Page S1729
Appointments:
  U.S.-China Security Review Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, on the recommendation of the Democratic Leader, 
pursuant to P.L. 106-398, appointed C. Richard D'Amato of Maryland, 
Patrick A. Mulloy of Virginia, and William A. Reinsch of Maryland to 
the United States-China Security Review Commission.
  Pages S1790-91
  National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 104-191, 
reappointed Dr. Richard K. Harding of South Carolina to the National 
Committee on Vital and Health Statistics for a four-year term. 
                                                             Page S1790
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Status of Federal 
Critical Infrastructure Protection Activities''; to the Committees on 
Appropriations; and Judiciary. (PM-9)
Page S1744
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Sean O'Keefe, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. (Prior to this action, Senate discharged 
Committee on Governmental Affairs)
  Mark A. Weinberger, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
Pages S1723, S1790, S1791
Messages From the President:
  Page S1744
Executive Communications:
  Pages S1744-45
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S1746
Messages From the House:
  Pages S1744-45
Measures Referred:
  Page S1745
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1748-89
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1747-48
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1743-44

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Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1790
Authority for Committees:
  Page S1790
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S1790
Adjournment: Senate met at 10:01 a.m., and adjourned at 5:20 p.m., 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, March 5, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1791.)